"Four jawans of 3 Ladakh Scouts were killed when their patrol party was hit by a snow avalanche at the Southern Glacier in Ladkah at 4:30 pm on Sunday," PTI quoted Udhampur-based Defence spokesman Colonel SD Goswami as saying.

The rescue team had retrieved the jawans' bodies, which have been sent to a hospital in Hundar for post-mortem examination.

In November last year, Captain Ashwini Kumar of Ladakh Scouts was also killed in an avalanche in Siachen Glacier.